User-defined loading of data onto a database

An apparatus for managing loading of data from a source onto a database, said apparatus comprising:

• at least one module to,
• provide an interface through which a user is to define functions related to the loading of the data onto the database, wherein the user-defined functions pertain to a user-defined location identification of the source, a user-defined filter to be applied on the data, and a parsing operation to be performed on the data to convert the data into a format that is compatible with the database;
• receive the user-defined functions;
• and
• implement the user-defined functions to load the data onto the database;
• a processor to implement the at least one module.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor, implement a method for managing loading of data from a source onto a database, said machine readable instructions comprising code to:

• provide an interface through which a user is to define code related to the loading of the data onto the database, wherein the user-defined code pertains to a user-defined location identification of the source, a user-defined filter to be applied on the data, a user-defined policy that defines at least one of a condition to be met prior to the data being retrieved from the source and management of the data loaded onto the database, and a parsing operation to be performed on the data to convert the data into format that is compatible with the database;
• receive the user-defined code;
• implement the user-defined code to transform the data into a format suitable for loading the data onto the database;
• and
• implementing the user-defined code to load the data onto the database.